Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
G. K. CHESTERTONArt, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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